iSeries Direction 59iSeries Direction• OfficeVision/400: As previously announced, V4R5 is the final release to supportOfficeVision/400. End of program services for OV/400 is 31 May 2001.OfficeVision/400 will be uninstalled upon upgrading to V5R1 or later releases.• BEST/1: V5R1 is the final release to support the BEST/1 Capacity Planning tool.BEST/1 is included in Performance Tools (5722-PT1). The BEST/1 function will bediscontinued after V5R1.• Wireless Connection for AS/400 (5798-TBW): V4R5 is the final release to supportWireless Connection for AS/400.• IPX: V5R1 is the final release to support the IPX protocol. The Enhanced Integrationfor NetWare (Option 25) configurations can be changed from IPX to IP connectivity.• Lotus Domino Client subscription: IBM intends to provide a new offering forcustomers to renew their software subscription entitlement for Lotus Domino clients,which was previously purchased under Lotus Domino Enterprise Server for AS/400(5769-LNT).Under the new offering, customers can purchase client entitlement for one year ofsubscription at a price similar to Lotus’ Passport Advantage. The terms of the currentoffering for Lotus Domino client software subscription are extended until the new offeringis announced.• ¼-Inch Cartridge Tape: V5R1 is the final release to support the #6385/#6485 ¼-inchCartridge Tape Unit. Customers using these tape units can order a conversion to a 16GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape Unit (#4483/#4583/#6383/#6483), a 25 Gb ¼-inchCartridge Tape Unit (#4486/#4586/#6386/#6486), or a 50 GB ¼-inch Cartridge TapeUnit (#4487/#4587). Customers who use their tape drive primarily for incremental fastbackups and need smaller (2.5 GB) capacity tape drive units should consider the#4482/#6382 2 GB ¼-inch tape drive.• OS/2 Warp Server for iSeries and Novell 4.11 on the iSeries Integrated NetfinityServer: Customers running this product are no longer supported as of 31 January2001. These products will not be functionally enhanced. We recommend thatcustomers with Domino on the OS/2 based iSeries Integrated Netfinity Server migrateto the native Domino for iSeries product, which provides enhanced scalability,reliability, and integration. V4R3 is the last release of OS/400 to support Lotus Dominorunning on the OS/2 based iSeries Integrated Netfinity Server.• NetVista Thin Client: V5R1 is the final release to support NetVista Thin ClientManager V2R1. The current Program Service End Date for Thin Client Manager V2R1is 31 December 2001.• Workstation Gateway: V5R1 is the final release to support 5722-SS1 WorkstationGateway, which is part of the TCP/IP functions of OS/400. Migrate to IBM WebSphereHost Publisher XML Legacy Gateway, a customizable Web-based 5250 interfacefunction, for equivalent.
